Occupation Actress Years active 1987–present | Name Victoria Dillard Role Actress | |
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Movies and TV shows Similar People Allen Payne, Debbie Allen, Shari Headley, Eddie Murphy, David Sheffield | ||
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Victoria Dillard (born September 20, 1969) is an American actress. She is best known for her co-starring role as Janelle Cooper in the ABC sitcom Spin City.
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Life and career
Dillard was born in New York City. She began performing at the age of five with the Dance Theatre of Harlem. She worked with the company until she was eighteen, appearing in such productions Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera. Then she went on tour in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum with Mickey Rooney.
Dillard's most notable television role was as Janelle Cooper in the ABC sitcom Spin City. She stayed on the show for three seasons before leaving in 2000. Her other television credits include Star Trek: The Next Generation, Seinfeld, Roc, L.A. Law, Chicago Hope, Martin, Moesha, Family Law, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and other series.
Some of her film credits are Coming to America (1988), Deep Cover (1992), The Glass Shield (1994), Internal Affairs (1990), Out-of-Sync (1995) and Ricochet (1991) playing the wife of Denzel Washington's character. Her most recent film role was as Betty Shabazz in the 2001 film Ali.
In 1988, Dillard was in Playboy in the article Sex In Cinema 1988.
Personal life
Dillard currently lives in New York City. She dances in her free time and writes screenplays and plays for the stage. Dillard was the long-time girlfriend of actor Laurence Fishburne beginning in 1992 when the two met on the set of the film Deep Cover.
Filmography
Actress
2009
The Unusuals (TV Series) as
Dora Nix
- Pilot (2009) - Dora Nix
2007
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) as
Sharon Adams
- Self-made (2007) - Sharon Adams
2004
Law & Order (TV Series) as
Belinda Gardner
- C.O.D. (2004) - Belinda Gardner
2001
Family Law (TV Series) as
Marcia Henderson
- Angel's Flight (2001) - Marcia Henderson
2001
Ali as
Betty Shabazz
2001
Commitments (TV Movie)
2001
Tara (Video) as
Ms. Cameo
1996
Spin City (TV Series) as
Janelle Cooper / Janelle
- Goodbye: Part 2 (2000) - Janelle Cooper
- Goodbye: Part 1 (2000) - Janelle Cooper
- The Commitments (2000) - Janelle Cooper
- An American Deputy Mayor in Paris (2000) - Janelle Cooper
- Airplane! (2000) - Janelle Cooper
- Don't Get on the Bus (2000) - Janelle Cooper
- About Last Night (2000) - Janelle Cooper
- Uneasy Rider (2000) - Janelle Cooper
- The Pig Whisperer (2000) - Janelle Cooper
- Mike's Best Friend's Boyfriend (2000) - Janelle Cooper
- Suffragette City (2000) - Janelle Cooper
- The Marry Caitlin Moore Show (2000) - Janelle Cooper
- Casino (2000) - Janelle Cooper
- A Tale of Two Sisters (2000) - Janelle Cooper
- My Dinner with Caitlin (1999) - Janelle Cooper
- Mustang Mikey (1999) - Janelle Cooper
- The Doorman Always Rings Twice (1999) - Janelle Cooper
- The Thanksgiving Show (1999) - Janelle Cooper
- How to Bury a Millionaire (1999) - Janelle Cooper
- The Great Debate (1999) - Janelle Cooper
- The Mayor May Not (1999) - Janelle Cooper
- Rebel Without a Chair (1999) - Janelle Cooper
- These Shoes Were Made for Cheatin' (1999) - Janelle Cooper
- All the Mayor's Men (1999) - Janelle Cooper
- James and the Giant Speech (1999) - Janelle Cooper
- Catcher in the Bronx (1999) - Janelle Cooper
- Klumageddon: Part 2 (1999) - Janelle Cooper
- Klumageddon: Part 1 (1999) - Janelle Cooper
- Wall Street (1999) - Janelle Cooper
- The Mayor with Two Brains (1999) - Janelle Cooper
- Carter & Stuart & Bennett & Deirdre (1999) - Janelle Cooper
- The Last Temptation of Mike (1999) - Janelle Cooper
- That's Entertainment (1999) - Janelle Cooper
- Politically Incorrect (1999) - Janelle Cooper
- Back to the Future IV - Judgment Day (1999) - Janelle Cooper
- Dick Clark's Rockin' Make-Out Party '99 (1999) - Janelle Cooper
- Internal Affairs (1999) - Janelle Cooper
- Not in the Line of Fire (1999) - Janelle Cooper
- The Nutty Deputy Mayor (1999) - Janelle Cooper
- Taxi Driver (1999) - Janelle Cooper
- Monkey Business (1998) - Janelle Cooper
- Local Hero (1998) - Janelle Cooper
- Gobble the Wonder Turkey Saves the Day (1998) - Janelle Cooper
- The Kidney's All Right (1998) - Janelle Cooper
- Quest for Fire (1998) - Janelle Cooper
- An Officer and a Gentleman (1998) - Janelle Cooper
- Three Men and a Little Lady (1998) - Janelle Cooper
- It Happened One Night (1998) - Janelle Cooper
- The Deer Hunter (1998) - Janelle Cooper
- Gone with the Wind (1998) - Janelle Cooper
- There's Something About Heidi (1998) - Janelle Cooper
- Dead Dog Talking (1998) - Janelle Cooper
- The Paul Bearer (1998) - Janelle Cooper
- The Lady or the Tiger (1998) - Janelle Cooper
- Single White Male (1998) - Janelle Cooper
- Bye, Bye, Birdie (1998) - Janelle Cooper
- The Pope of Gracie Mansion (1998) - Janelle Cooper
- A River Runs Through Me (1998) - Janelle Cooper
- One Wedding and a Funeral (1998) - Janelle Cooper
- The Marrying Men (1998) - Janelle Cooper
- Deaf Man Walking (1998) - Janelle Cooper
- Gentleman's Agreement (1998) - Janelle Cooper
- The Paul Lassiter Story (1998) - Janelle Cooper
- Same Time Next Year (1998) - Janelle Cooper
- Miracle Near 34th Street (1997) - Janelle Cooper
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1997) - Janelle Cooper
- Family Affair: Part 2 (1997) - Janelle Cooper
- Family Affair (1997) - Janelle Cooper
- My Life Is a Soap Opera (1997) - Janelle Cooper
- The Thirty Year Itch (1997) - Janelle Cooper
- Radio Daze (1997) - Janelle Cooper
- In the Heat of the Day (1997) - Janelle Cooper
- The Goodbye Girl (1997) - Janelle Cooper
- Wonder Woman (1997) - Janelle Cooper
- Porn in the U.S.A. (1997) - Janelle Cooper
- Paul Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1997) - Janelle Cooper
- Mayor Over Miami (1997) - Janelle
- The Mayor Who Came to Dinner (1997) - Janelle
- Bone Free (1997) - Janelle
- Hot in the City (1997) - Janelle
- Deaf Becomes Her (1997) - Janelle
- Striptease (1997) - Janelle
- Snowbound (1997) - Janelle
- Starting Over (1997) - Janelle
- Dog Day Afternoon (1996) - Janelle
- The Competition (1996) - Janelle
- Grand Illusion (1996) - Janelle
- A Star Is Born (1996) - Janelle
- Pride and Prejudice (1996) - Janelle
- The Apartment (1996) - Janelle
- Pilot (1996) - Janelle
1999
The Best Man as
Anita
1997
The Ditchdigger's Daughters (TV Movie) as
Tass
1996
Moesha (TV Series) as
Beverly
- The List (1996) - Beverly
1995
Statistically Speaking (Short) as
Waitress
1995
Martin (TV Series) as
Sharon
- Three Homies and a Baby (1995) - Sharon
1995
Out-of-Sync as
Monica Collins
1994
Chicago Hope (TV Series) as
Dr. Nadine Winslow
- With the Greatest of Ease (1994) - Dr. Nadine Winslow
- Over the Rainbow (1994) - Dr. Nadine Winslow
1994
The Glass Shield as
Barbara Simms
1994
Killing Obsession as
Jean Wilson
1994
Roc (TV Series) as
Suzanne
- You Shouldn't Have to Lie (1994) - Suzanne
1994
L.A. Law (TV Series) as
Regina Cole
- Silence Is Golden (1994) - Regina Cole
1993
Tribeca (TV Series) as
Olivia
- The Box (1993) - Olivia
1993
Seinfeld (TV Series) as
Agency Rep
- The Old Man (1993) - Agency Rep
1992
Deep Cover as
Betty
1991
Ricochet as
Alice
1990
Nasty Boys (TV Series) as
Nicole Stanhope
- Last Tango in Vegas (1990) - Nicole Stanhope
1990
Internal Affairs as
Kee
1988
Coming to America as
Bather / Dancer
1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series) as
Ballerina
- Where No One Has Gone Before (1987) - Ballerina
Self
1999
14th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards (TV Special) as
Self
References
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